Child hurt in southside collision; truck hits storefront

A child was taken by ambulance to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital on Wednesday afternoon after the car he was riding in and a pickup truck collided at Madison and 23rd streets.(Photo11: Douglas Walker/Star Press)Buy Photo

City police said the boy’s injuries – including a busted lip and a bruised and bloody thigh – were not life-threatening. He was released following treatment in the hospital's emergency department.

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A pickup truck slammed into a storefront at 23rd and Madison streets Wednesday afternoon after colliding with a car.(Photo11: Douglas Walker/Star Press)

The crash was reported to dispatchers at 4:46 p.m.

According to a police report, the Park Avenue, driven by Kellie M. Wynn, 31, of Muncie, was northbound on Madison Street and making a left turn onto 23rd Street when it was struck by the pickup truck, driven by Jamie L. Swearingen, 28, also of Muncie.

After the vehicles collided, Wynn's car struck a utility pole.

The storefront damaged by the pickup truck, at 3001 S. Madison St., appeared to be unoccupied. A sign on a window indicated it was the future home of the Indiana branch of the “Center for Security Emergency Management.”

Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.